I did something new today (well actually it started on Sunday, and I finally did what I planned to do, today)...I've been seeing directional flat twists with rollers that have ended up as really cute, curly, fluffy loose hair, and I figured that I would try it and see how it turned out.
So here it is as I intended...sorta:
The steps were as follows:
1. Working with wet hair (I washed it, and my hair was already detangled and in 4 large twists), coat hair with products of choice. I used the entire Oyen line, and I will write a review about it by tomorrow.
2. Separate hair into sections to flat-twist. Since my hair was already in the large twists, I decided that I would do 3 flat-twists per section, and end up with 12 flat-twists. I did not use a comb during this process, and instead used my fingers to separate each twist into 3 flat-twists.
3. Twist each each flat twist into the direction of your intended style, if you want the sides to go forward, twist in that direction. I usually flat-twist all of my hair toward the nape of my neck, so this was a change for me.
4. Double-strand or two-strand twist the ends of each flat-twist.
5. Roll the ends. I used flexible rollers. - I started this style on Sunday, but I didn't like the way my ends came out on Monday (the hair was only rolled for about 4 hours), so I didn't wear the style. This morning I dampened my ends, and sat under my dryer for about 40 minutes.
6. When hair is dry, undo the rollers, and with oiled hands, gently separate the twists from the ends to the roots.
You should end up with a fluffy, curly twist-out.
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Next time I will make fewer flat-twists. Maybe 8 instead of 12. I will also turn the ends into two separate double-strand or two-strand twists. If I did 8 flat-twists, I would end up with 16 twists to roll with rollers. For me, the flat twists were too small, so I ended up with crinkles instead of the spiral curls that I usually get with flat-twists. I also had too much hair in each double-strand twist, and I think that it prevented my hair from curling as much as it should have. Don't get me wrong, I like it, but it didn't turn out how I imagined.
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AND this is how I styled my hair on Sunday, after I twisted my hair, but before I could dry and curl it.
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I did kind of a milkmaid thing, where I linked all of the ends
together around my head, then I pinned up a bun in the back.
I received some unexpected compliments. And please excuse
my expression - I was late, and mad that my hair wasn't done. |
This is how I wore my hair yesterday....
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So this is how I wore my hair yesterday. I tried to cover up the
parts from the flat-twists by pulling the top back, and pinning it over the sections.
I had no expectations - so I was very pleased. |
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